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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 17: Methods of astroparticle physics I

T 17.5: Talk

Monday, March 30, 2020, 17:30–17:45, H-HS XVII

Development of a Harness for the IceCube mDOM — •Jelena Petereit for the IceCube collaboration — Bergische Universität Wuppertal

The primary scientific goals of the planned upgrade of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are to investigate neutrino oscillations at low energies and to further increase the sensitivity of the existing detector. This upgrade will include new photon detectors called mDOMs. They will have a different shape than the previously used DOMs in order to increase the photo-sensitive area by housing multiple PMTs. In order to preserve a maximum photon detection efficiency, a harness needs to be developed which integrates the mDOM modules mechanically onto strings. Different harness designs, which include different ways of attaching the mDOMs to the harness, have been tested and the results will be presented.